Diary Entry - 05/28/1986
Key Facts
President Reagan hosts a luncheon with a group of prominent political cartoonists.
President Reagan participates in a taping session for the ABC Affiliates Conference in Los Angeles, June 3-5, 1986.
And thats just what we did—signal the plane to turn back after over 1⁄2 hour. It seems the rug merchants said the Hisballah would only agree to 2 hostages. Bud told them to shove it, went to the airport & left for Tel Aviv.
This was a heartbreaking disappointment for all of us.
High spot of the day was lunch in the cabinet room with about 20 top cartoonists. The laughter was continuous. I think maybe a few were softened up a bit. One was heard to say—later—“It would probably take quite awhile before he could ding me.”
Then Nancy & I taped a little segment for a comedy bit on Ron to be played at a big ABC shindig.
And that wound up the day.
